CHAPTER FOUR

BETRAYAL

I'm BACK! I was on vacation, so I got to write this and part of Chapter FIVE! WOOHOO! Thanks to all you lovely reviewers, especially my oneesan Jacey and new friend Ruzena! I LOVE YOU ALL!

DISCLAIMER: I OWN IT! *gets beaten up by lawyers* I'M JUST KIDDING! CAN YOU BLAME A GUY FOR TRYING TO LIVE THE DREAM! *punched* OW! OKAY, OKAY! I don't own it. THERE, HAPPY?! *mutters* Bastards.

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500 YRS. LATER

Kagome emerged from the well carrying Rin and half-dragging Inuyasha. She ran toward her house with Inuyasha just ahead. She barged into the kitchen.

            "MOM!"

            Her mother walked into sight. "Yes, dear?"

            "I need a good doctor," Kagome said, indicating Rin.

            "Why don't you go to Dr. Toriyama?" her mother suggested. "He's a good pediatrician."

            "Uh, Mom?" Kagome said. "I'm thinking more along the lines of ---"

            "He'll examine her and refer you to a specialist," her mother interrupted.

            "Of course!" Kagome exclaimed, dopeslapping herself. "Bye!" They ran out.
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                                    TWO HOURS LATER

            Kagome looked at the doorplate. Yes, this was the doctor she had been referred to. She opened the door and walked in, followed by the cap-wearing Inuyasha (who was carrying Rin).

            She went to the receptionist. "Is Dr. Takahashi-sama in?"

            The receptionist looked at her over her granny eyeglasses. "Do you have an appointment?"

            "No, but this girl may die without proper medical attention!" Kagome explained hurriedly.

            The receptionist considered this for a moment. "Go ahead in," she finally said.
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TWO MORE HOURS LATER...

            The doctor walked out of his office, looking solemn. "I'm sorry, I've tried everything known to medical science, but..." He didn't finish. He didn't have to. "I'm terribly sorry. I know it's not much consolation, but I won't charge you a single yen."

            Kagome walked back home with Rin's inert form in her arms. Inuyasha laid a comforting hand on her shoulder. She smiled at him gratefully. Although he hadn't done anything, he had been there when she needed him, and for that, she was thankful.

            She found herself getting lost in his eyes. Slowly, automatically, they drew together and kissed. That's when Kagome remembered Rin, and that she would have to tell Sesshomaru. She dissolved into tears, and Inuyasha drew her into an awkward embrace.
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500 YRS. PRIOR

            "What did you way?" Sesshomaru said evenly, his emotions betrayed only by his voice breaking.

            "She's going to die any second, Sesshomaru," Kagome repeated. "I'm very sor--" She gasped in pain. She looked down. Buried in her gut was a dagger. "But ... how...?"

            Rin leaped out of Kagome's arms, smiling mockingly. "I seem to have made a full recovery." She grinned more as one of her throwing knives went into the throat of a stunned Inuyasha.

            Suddenly, she heard a whirring from her left. Instinct and painful experience told her to duck. She did so as Sesshomaru jumped into the air and Hiraikotsu flew by. Sesshomaru sliced it in half on its way back.

            Simultaneously, Rin fired an arrow at Sango. It hit her in the eye and she went down.

            Rin dropped her bow, spun, drew her katana, and blocked a blow from Miroku's staff in one fluid motion. They sparred for several minutes, then Rin knocked his staff away and chopped off his head. Sesshomaru looked on approvingly. Jaken looked on flabbergasted.

            "But ... how?" the toadlike creature echoed Kagome.

            "Quite simple, really," Rin said exultantly.

            "How long have you been conscious?" Sesshomaru asked.

            "She took me to some strange doctor," Rin said. "He healed me, then I woke up. After I confirmed where I was, I threatened the doctor at knifepoint to tell them I was dying. They brought me back here, and you know the rest."

            Sesshomaru processed this. "I must say, Rin, I'm impressed. I didn't know that you possessed that kind of cunning."

            Rin beamed in pleasure.
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500 YRS. AND THREE WEEKS LATER...

            A thirty-year-old geneticist, obsessed with cloning, began work on her greatest project yet. She grinned to her self, half insanely. If it took all her life, she, Kagome Higurashi, would revive her friends and get revenge on that little bitch.

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PLEASE don't kill me! That's all I have to say. It ain't permanent! They'll be back! And by the end of the fic, they'll even be semi-normal! Cuz, you know, there's no such thing as normal in my fics.